Course overview  

This course is designed to develop and provide training and support for history teachers in addressing a current challenge for history leaders and teachers. The course sessions provide current research and examples of practice along with the guidance and support of Sarah Herrity, HIAS Secondary History Adviser, and a leading history teacher to impact your planning and practice.  

Learning outcomes 

• Improve your knowledge on current subject specific pedagogy in history.  
• Be inspired by best practice examples and academic thinking on history education. 
• Create materials for your department supported by the HIAS History Adviser.  

Intended impact on practice

• Enable you to contribute to the curriculum documents and teaching resources for your history department to keep your school curriculum up to date and improve teaching and learning in history. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Challenge 24

Price: Sub £220 / SLA £170 / Full £264

This network is designed for primary history subject leaders who would value reviewing their planning, teaching and assessment of history, reviewing the Ofsted requirements, considering best practice, and updating their subject knowledge to help their confidence in the subject.

Dates:

10 February 2025 – Portsmouth
11 February 2025 – Winchester

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Spring

Price: Sub £80 / SLA £55 / Full £96

This course is designed for new primary history subject leaders and also for established subject leaders who would value updating their planning and teaching of history with regard to best practice and National Curriculum requirements for history.

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Leading History Successfully

Price: Sub £215 / SLA £85 / Full £258

You can also book for the spring and summer networks.

Autumn date: 27 November 2024
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Secondary Autumn
Price: Sub £55 / SLA £40 / Full £66

Spring 1 date: 23 January 2025
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Spring Webinar
Price: Sub £55 / SLA £40 / Full £66

Spring 2 date: 12 March 2025
Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: History Spring
Price: Sub £75 / SLA £40 / Full £90

This conference brings together the best of national and local research and practice to provide invaluable professional development for history leaders, history teachers and SLT history line managers.

Hear from national and local speakers. This year we are excited that our keynote speaker is Hannah Cusworth, an Educational Consultant who specialises in Black British histories. Formerly a schoolteacher, she is currently completing a PhD with English Heritage looking at race and the 18^th Century Atlantic world and is part of the DfE model history curriculum expert panel. She is a well-known inspirational speaker at HA events. 

Search and book on the Learning Zone using keyword search: Secondary History Conference

Price: Sub £320 / SLA £150 / Full £384

Secondary History Leadership Conference 2024 flyer